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Origin-of-life puzzle cracked
Robert F. Service
The origin of life is a set of paradoxes. To get it started, there must have been a genetic molecule—something like DNA or RNA—capable of passing along bluep...

New snake species found in Taiwan
The Pareas Atayal, April 10. (Photo courtesy of You Chung-wei)
Taiwanese researchers have made a rare discovery of a new endemic snake species in Taiwan with the help of modern science and named it after...